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Secil Baysal

Investor

Operator in Residence at QED Investors

Pasadena

About

An executive and entrepreneur with experience across two IPOs, specializing in product strategy, M&A, strategic partnerships and scale-up. He previously worked at McKinsey, Capital One, Green Dot (building its Green Dot Network), and served as General Manager at FastPay (acquired by AvidXchange). He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.

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Invests in

Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS

Experience

  1. QED InvestorsOperating Partner & Entrepreneur-in-Residencecurrent2024 — present
  2. SpinBoard Member, Spin Creditcurrent2026 — present
  3. BambeeBoard Member2024 — 2025
  4. FastPay, an AvidXchange CompanyPresident & COO2014 — 2024
  5. SkrillUS CEO2012 — 2013
  6. Green Dot CorporationGM, Green Dot Network2005 — 2012
  7. Capital OneDirector / Business Manager2003 — 2005Washington D.C. Metro Area
  8. Capital OneChief of Staff to the President2002 — 2003Washington D.C. Metro Area
  9. McKinsey&CompanyAssociate1997 — 2000

Education

  1. Harvard Business SchoolMBA2001 — 2002
  2. Boğaziçi UniversityB.A., Economics1992 — 1997
  3. İzmir Özel Saint-Joseph Fransız Lisesi1985 — 1992

Skills & more

Leadership1Payments69Credit Cards58Prepaid Cards2Cash Reloads2Retail Banking3Cards3Mobile Payments17Alternative Payments6E-wallets1Cash5Debit Cards28
+12 moreFinancial ServicesStart-upsPayment SystemsProduct ManagementStrategic PartnershipsBusiness DevelopmentE-commerceEntrepreneurshipManagementStrategyBusiness StrategyPortfolio Management

Languages French · Italian · Turkish

From Secil's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Harvard Business School1,777

Brad GerstnerFounder & CEO of Altimeter CapitalAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesJim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalTim DraperFounder of Draper AssociatesMike Maples JrCo-founding Partner at FloodgateMamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner Perkins

+ 1,771 more

Also attended Boğaziçi University47

Santo PolitiInvestor at Spark CapitalElçinTalent Team at Hummingbird VenturesAnıl Gökçen KörpınarManaging Partner at IdacapitalGülenay ÖzbekInvestment Director at IdacapitalSercan OzcanPartner, Finance & Operations at AlleyCorpEmrecan DoganVP of Tech & Platform, Glean at EMERGENT VENTURES

+ 41 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Spin1

Matías GarridoInvestor at MatterScale Ventures

Also worked at Bambee1

Susan SobbottPartner at Lead Edge Capital

Also worked at Skrill8

Paul TownsendFounder at Octopus VenturesChirag PatelVP & GM Payments & Risk at Etsy at PICUS CAPITALRupert KeeleyFormer PayPal Europe CEO at Team8Anand RadhakrishnanAdvisor at Bloccelerate VCGregory WalfishCo-Founder & CEO at Xposure at Lalotte VenturesPraveen VarshneyInvestor at Spring Impact Capital

+ 2 more

Also worked at Green Dot Corporation8

William HsuCo-Founder & Partner at Mucker CapitalDaniel J. EckertVenture Partner at Commerce VenturesRebecca HarrisOperations / Finance at Standard CryptoRaj DateManaging Partner at Fenway Summer VenturesGardiner W. GarrardCo-Founder and Managing Partner at TTV CapitalJoanna McFarlandCo-Founder & CEO, HopSkipDrive at xfactor ventures

+ 2 more

Colleagues at QED Investors

Adams Conrad
Principal at QED Investors
Adiam Berhane
Accounting Manager at QED Investors
Alex Taub
Principal at QED Investors
Alexandra Piedrahita
Principal at QED Investors
Amias Gerety
Partner, Head of U.S. at QED Investors
Ana Cristina Gadala-Maria
Principal at QED Investors
Anne Bailey
Vice President, Platform – Investment Operations at QED Investors
Ashley Marshall
Director of PR and Marketing at QED Investors